I didn’t get this far in life alone. I had help…and lots of it. The support of family, friends, teachers, coaches, doctors, pastors, neighbors and strangers were invaluable. At times when I was impatient, they helped calm my emotions; when I was filled with fear, they showed me I was stronger than I could have ever imagined; when I felt hopeless, they encouraged me; when sad, they made me smile. I couldn’t have made it by myself.

By standing together when things get hard, you find the needed motivation, support and that healthy push to go further than you would have done on your own. Some days just getting through the day seems impossible. It’s on those days, when you most want to give up, that you need to lean on those who understand and have your back.

I have browsed some online forums and it saddens me at the amount of division among MSers…division in how to manage symptoms, how to get through a relapse and what methods of treatment to choose. The discussions get heated and rude. All that does is cause division, and we all know that division is not good for anyone.

Don’t get caught up in judgements and arguments whether it’s about how someone chooses to live their life or how they approach Multiple Sclerosis. We need each other…differences and all. Our differences are what makes us unique and amazing. How I choose to get through things may encourage someone just as the way you handle things with help someone else. No one has all the answers. We are in this together, so can we stand united?

On the days you feel overwhelmed, find a safe place with people who will encourage and inspire you. There’s nothing like having a safe place to vent and get help. If you can’t find that in the people around you, I know you can find it online…just choose wisely and rid yourself of any place that brings you down. It’s okay to ask for help, so let your voice be known.

Being weak in body doesn’t mean you’re a weak person. It actually reveals your strength, and that is something you have a lot of. I believe in you…probably more than you believe in yourself.

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Penelope Conway
Penelope started Positive Living with MS as a way to help others with MS stay positive in the midst of a terrible disease. She believes that staying positive and holding onto hope is the key to waking up each morning with the strength to get through the day. Multiple Sclerosis may never go away, but neither will her determination and her drive to help others through the journey.

Hi all. I’m sorry Kerri of the news. I myself have had MS for 19yrs and have been very healthy xcp for ON. Now the fatique is my most debilitating symptom and all I so is cry. It is changing my life. I try to tell myself I have to accept the change, but I guess I can’t yet. I am very active and this keeps me in a cage. I hope you are not too sick. You know It is all about how we cope with it. We have to figure out how to get to that place of peace with it. I know it’s very hard. Leanna

Thanks for your view. I have a problem that I don’t want anyone else to have.. My wife is suffering from an horrific childhood and teen years abuse, the young lady that lives with us has Asperger and our son is turned to homosexuality. So all in all I am still alive.

I really appreciate everything that you say and do for everyone with MS especially on a day like today when I go and find out if my RRMS progress to secondary I don’t really want to know I’m scared to death

Great words of wisdom as usual and you’re right we all cope differently and I definitely avoid the negative sites and the ones with arguments you have helped so much and I am truly proud to be one if your warriors

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Positive Living with MS was started by Penelope Conway who was diagnosed with MS in 2013. She found few resources for positive encouragement; to laugh, cry, share, and just feel normal in the midst of a life of chaos; so she decided to start something herself. Positive Living with MS was birthed out of Penelope’s desire to show others that regardless of the challenge, we can all enjoy life to the fullest and find a smile in the storm.